Todays Project - What did you do today?

[TomG]

I designed a fixture to emboss numbers into an a formed aluminum part and finally got around to making chips. It was all steel so the progress was slower than expected, but at least it's started. The fixture is a 1"x3"x8" base with a slot cut in it to hold three number dies and the part to be embossed. The three dies will be held together with a couple pieces of threaded rod and attached to the base using two thumb screws. Yet to be made are the brackets to hold and position the part and a block with a urethane insert to form the numbers. The whole fixture will be set in a hydraulic press (possibly dedicated) to form the numbers. This is a similar technique to the one I used to emboss the "Back in Black" logo in the trunk lid of my Chevelle.

Tom